ALPR Meets Social Networking?

An artist's rendition of what a Redflex wet dream may look like. (Credit: Wired Magazine)

Don’t have enough CorpGov in your life? Sick of still hanging on to those last shreds of privacy… and dignity? Then Bump.com may be right for you!

A new social networking tool is trying to turn your vehicle’s license plate into an all-in-one identifier that acts as an E-mail address, phone number, shopping rewards card and even an IP address…

Bump.com, the brainchild of entrepreneur Mitchell Thrower, uses license plate recognition technology to allow businesses and government services to connect with drivers and drivers to connect with each other.

“It works like a cookie,” said Thrower, except it uses the license plate as a physical marker for a camera that can read up to five plates per second at up to 150 miles per hour. [The] technology… is helpful for marketers. “It can tie back the owner of the vehicle to their purchase patterns,” Thrower said.

Who needs Redflex or ATS’ invasive automated license plate recognition when you can just volunteer the information yourself to complete strangers.

Of course, this service is voluntary, so at least the force of government isn’t involved… yet.

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Is the small improvement in your shopping experience (which helps retailers more than you the individual shopper, BTW) worth the risks involved with allowing such a potentially powerful product to get out on the roads?

And no – I’m not trying to hide… It’s just none of anyone’s business who I am or what I’m trying to do. I would definitely opt out of that…

Side note: It’s funny that many people who wouldn’t want this service if they were educated about it have no problem surfing the web and having their every move tracked without their knowledge. (It’s truly amazing what a little snippet of Javascript code opens your browsing up for…)

On Tuesday, the Phoenix City Council approved a new strategy designed to give the public a more transparent and consistent process when the City is proposing new user fees or recommending changes to existing fees.

“Any new fee proposals from city staff now will be considered only once a year, during the city’s annual public budget hearing process,” said Councilman Bill Gates, chairman of the City Council Finance, Efficiency and Innovation Subcommittee.

“This new strategy will help us move forward in a more open and transparent way, and I am pleased that the process was developed in partnership with city staff and our private sector members of the Innovation and Efficiency Task Force,” he said.

As part of the new strategy, city staff will work with the Parks Board to defer consideration of mountain preserve parking fees so they can be examined as part of the comprehensive budget process in Spring 2011. The fees had been scheduled to be discussed at the Oct. 6 City Council meeting.

“I support the city’s new fee strategy and am pleased that the Parks Board can participate in this new process,” said Laura Bell, chairwoman of the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board.

As approved by the City Council, city staff will compile a comprehensive list of all user fee services, along with an analysis of their cost recovery, and present the information to the City Council by March 2011, in time for the city’s annual public budget hearings. There will be no new user fees or increases to existing fees considered by the City Council until March 2011.

The strategy adopted by the City Council also fully supports the new state law that requires governments to post any recommended fee changes on their websites. The city’s fee area is located on the phoenix.gov homepage.

NEW ORLEANS — UPDATE: Hours after a ruling from a lower court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal issued an emergency stay that allows the City of New Orleans to continue operating automated red light and speeding cameras.

The court “granted our request for an emergency stay until 10 a.m. Monday,” City Attorney Nannette Jolivette-Brown said. “At that time, the City Attorney’s office will request a permanent stay order pending resolution of the issue.

Hm.
2009, the first year DPS photo enforcement was in full deployment.
About 15 thousand collisions less than the previous year, despite the miles traveled went UP 1.51% (even though CF argued it was because people were traveling less.)
Speed. the second and third leading cause.

Speed too fast for conditions is not the same as exceeding the lawful limit. The lawful limit is the posted limit and 51 is a fairly low number. Speed itself doesn’t cause accidents. It’s just a factor that would have to pair up with drunk driving, reckless driving, etc in order to result in a fatality.

Boo hoo hoo. Maybe if you get yourself a car that goes faster than 45, you might not feel so intimidated by people flying past you. Poor thing, I can imagine how insecure you feel without the speed cameras around. Funny how with them being gone now, the freeways flow much better and all that chaos that the scamera companies predicted hasn’t happened yet.

I understand the initial skepticism about BUMP.com. However, it is important to note that individuals choose the information they are willing to share. That said, the direct connection and texting features are both optional. Everyone’s license plate is already in public space. BUMP.com simply enables communication between drivers.

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